Posts Tagged ‘Jim Smith’

Initial Battle Creek chinook salmon counts disappointing

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
From redding.com, website of the Record Searchlight: “Fall’s chinook salmon run on Battle Creek could produce even fewer fish than the dismal returns that last year blocked commercial salmon fishing. As of Oct. 12, federal scientists had counted about 5,800 salmon caught on video by cameras submerged in the creek, said Jim Smith, project leader at the [...]

Only 12,000 Salmon Return to Sacramento River

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
So far only about 12,000 fall-run Chinook salmon have swum from the Sacramento River up Battle Creek - on which Coleman National Fish Hatchery sits near Anderson - said Jim Smith, a project leader for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Red Bluff.